The producers of the series have also said that no particular sects or clans will be named while relating details. Executive producer Howard Gordon stated,Tyrant Seasons 1-2 DVD "We do want to stay away from reality and yet hew to it as long as it sort of feels emotionally correct and culturally correct. I think we’re going to try to stay away from names as much as possible."While the show is filmed throughout many cities in Israel (such as Kfar Saba, Petach Tikva, and Tel Aviv)and Morocco,the fictional Arab country of "Abbudin" is deliberately compiled out of mixed elements of a few different actual countries, in order to not appear to simulate a particular nation or situation.